Transformers vs Godzilla! The perfect film for 12 year old boys

Rating: 6/10 (24 May 2014)

(If it had more hot girls in it then it would be the perfect film for 13 year olds, you would have thought they'd throw in a Megan Fox style character?). I can just imagine them pitching the idea to the studio executives with that line and pointing out that it would also appeal hugely to the all important Chinese market. Really it succeeds admirably for what it is but it ain't Chekov.
The Good? Well you wanted giant monsters about to destroy instantly recognisable landmarks slugging it out with huge kickass robots built to stop them, you got them! And in spades! I would have liked their battles not to always take place in the middle of thunderstorms so we could see them a little more clearly but maybe the special effects weren't up to it? Nice to see Max Martini (who was always my favourite on The Unit) again although his Aussie accent needs some work. What was quite remarkable is that we have a father and son team and the father sends the son to die rather than the other way around, the ending to Independence Day in reverse? Also Idris Elba does sterling work, showing that giant monsters have absolutely no chance against his typically British stiff upper lip. I like the idea that humanity is on the ropes, that we're essentially in a Battle of Britain style situation, I always figured this is how we'd end a Cabin in the Woods style situation.
The bad? Practically everything else, the central relationship doesn't really work and I just don't know why they included the whole Burn Gorman/Ron Pearlman storyline.